terminally ill

idiom

: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

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At the same time, Owen is prone to emotional affairs, even with women who are not terminally ill. Laura Bradley, Vulture, 9 May 2025 Another of the nonprofit’s clients, death row prisoner Gerald Pizzuto, 69, who is terminally ill with bladder cancer, also is under an active execution stay. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025 For nearly two decades, Whitetop has been a staple at Victory Junction, a camp in Randleman, North Carolina for chronic and terminally ill children. Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2025 The Canton Repository, part of the USA TODAY Network, found that in as many as 10 of those cases the suicide was completed by someone who was terminally ill or had been living with chronic physical pain. Tim Botos, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for terminally ill

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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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